TABLE 4.
Organ assessment with radiation based imaging modalities.
Publication details | Study design | Parameters measured for viability testing | Imaging | ||||
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Authors | Animal | Organ | Hemodynamics | Histology | Blood parameters/gas contents | Organ-specific | Imaging method |
Bendjelid 2003 [28] | Pig | Heart | Flow and pressure | - | Blood gas values | Heart rate | Positron emission tomography (PET) |
Pelgrim 2017 [29] | Pig | Heart | Flow and pressure | Fluorescent microspheres with alcoholic-KOH dissolving | Glucose | Heart rate | Computed tomography (CT) |
Valenzuela 2023 [30] | Pigs | Kidney (pairs) | Flow, pressure and temperature | None taken | - | Urine production and composition | Fluoroscopy |